美國語文第六冊 第266期:英國人的性格(3)

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或許有人認為此舉有損女性的優(yōu)雅，另一方面也使女性和藹可親，人們在她們面前幾乎像個低能兒。

But it produces a healthy and blooming race of women to match the hardy Englishman, the finest development of the physical and moral nature which the world has witnessed.

但是，這導致英國女性作為一個整體不但健壯而且精力旺盛，堪與吃苦耐勞的英國男性媲美——世人所能目睹的身體和道德品質最完美發(fā)展的結果。

For we are not to look on the English gentleman as a mere Nimrod.

由于我們并沒有將英國紳士看作單純的獵手。

With all his relish for field sports and country usages, he has his house filled with collections of art and with extensive libraries.

由于戶外運動和鄉(xiāng)村習俗賦予生活以很大的樂趣，他的家里到處都是收藏的藝術品和藏書。

The tables of the drawing rooms are covered with the latest works, sent down by the London publisher.

畫室里的桌臺上摞著的是新近出版的書籍，系倫敦的出版商剛寄來的。

Every guest is provided with an apparatus for writing, and often a little library of books for his own amusement.

每位造訪的客人都配有一套寫作工具，通常是能滿足個人情趣的小圖書館。

The English country gentleman of the present day is anything but a Squire Western, though he does retain all his relish for field sports.

如今英國鄉(xiāng)村紳士根本不是典型的西方鄉(xiāng)紳，盡管他的所有樂趣確實都在戶外運動上。